Sunday, January 5, 2025

Konnichiwa Kansai


Ryokan Maruyama Onsen Ginka

We went on a family trip to Japan this November. This is our 4th visit to Japan. We spent our time in the Kansai region. We made Osaka our base apart from an overnight stay in a ryokan in Kinosaki Onsen and a day trip to Hiroshima and Miyajima. We visited places which we did not go on our ealier visits to Osaka and of course we had to go back to Shinsaibashi and Dotonbori.

Day 1 (16/11/24) Saturday
Flight from Changi Singapore at 0130
Arrived OSAKA  at 0835
Kansai Airport Rapid Service to Osaka Station
Tenjinbashi-suji Shopping Street
Lunch at Sugidama
Tenmangu Shrine
Tea time at Unatoto
Checked into hotel
Shinsekai
Dinner at Kushikatsu Daruma
Hotel Hankyu Respire

Day 2 (17/11/24) Sunday
KOBE
Ikuta Shrine
Kobe Central Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit
Kobe Muslim Mosque
Nakinmachi China Town
Lunch at Eikichi Kobe Beef Restaurant
OSAKA
Umeda Sky Building
Shinsaibashi
Dotonbori
Dinner at Mugen Ramen
Hotel Hankyu Respire

Day 3 (18/11/24) Monday
KINOSAKI ONSEN by train at 0910
Lunch in Sousaku
Dinner in Ryokan
Ryokan Maruyama Onsen Ginka

Day 4 (19/11/24) Tuesday
Breakfast in Ryokan
IZUSHI
Lunch in Mikuri
Izushi Castle Ruins
Shinkoro Clock Tower
Kinosaki Onsen
BOSAKA by train at 1717
Dinner at Tempura Ebinoya
Hotel Hankyu Respire

Day 5 (20/11/24) Wednesday
Eye Specialist Clinic
Cup Noodle Museum
Lunch at Ippudo
Shitennoji Temple 
Dinner at Gyukatsu Kyoto Katsugyu

Day 6 (21/11/24) Thursday
NARA
Kofukuji
Nara Park
Nandaimon
Todaiji
Nigatsudo Temple
Lunch at Haginoya Restaurant
Dinner at Matsuya
Hotel Hankyu Respire

Day 7 (22/11/24) Friday
KOYASAN
Kongobuji Temple
Danjo Garan Sacred Temple Complex
Lunch at Hanabishi Restaurant
Okunoin Cemetery
Dinner at Ichiran
Hotel Courtyard Marriot Shin Osaka

Day 8 (23/11/24) Saturday
MIYAJIMA
Omotesando Shopping Street
Itsukujima Jinja
Lunch at Umeyama
HIROSHIMA
Atomic Bomb Dome
Dinner at Don Don Tei
Hotel Courtyard Marriot Shin Osaka

Day 9 (24/11/24) Sunday
Kuromon Market
Lunch in Kuromon Market
Flight home at 1650


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